The first day of the 5th ITAC 2007 was very well received. The event started with two consecutive workshop sessions on various operation topics concerning the textile and apparel industry. Four workshops were conducted on day one of the congress through a joint effort of Technopak and select Industry experts, representing the 'best practice' example and experience on the concerned subject.
The workshops were as below: 1. The Role of the Vendor in the Customer's Product Development Process Mr. Derek Binns, Director, DBL Consulting, UK Mr. Ashish Dhir, Associate Director, Technopak
2. Building Long Term Strategic Relations with the Buyers Mr. Scott Felder, President US operations, EPIC Group, USA Mr. Prashant Agarwal, Associate Vice President, Technopak
3. Role of Information Technology for the Textile and Apparel Industry Mr. Rob Delnoij, Business Dev. Manager, SAP, Singapore Mr. Volker Weber, Managing Partner, Attune Group, Australia Mr. Rohit Nasa, Senior Consultant, Technopak
4. Understanding the Importance of Product Development Mr. Giuseppe Miroglio, President, Miroglio Group, Italy Mr. Luv Jasuja, Senior Consultant, Technopak
With a total attendance of close to 60 – 70 people from some of the top industry names like Jones Apparel, Giordano, Epic Group, KSA, Madura Garments, Nano Tex, Arvind Mills, William E Connor, SAP, Attune Consulting, Gini & Jony, Impulse, USI etc the workshops turned out to be more of interactive sessions than just speaking sessions.